Many people are exposed to a variety of substances at work (eg. Chemicals, fumes, dusts, fibers) which can, under some circumstances, have a harmful effect on their health. These are called “hazardous substances”. If exposure to a hazardous substance is not properly controlled it may cause ill health in a number of ways.

This course will explain a step by step guide to COSHH assessment and control.

Who to Attend:

Production Managers

Laboratory Managers and Technicians

Chemical Stores Managers and Supervisors

Safety Engineers & Safety Managers & Safety Officers

Maintenance Engineers

Operations Personnel

Process Engineers

Instrumentations Engineers

Fire Personnel

Objectives:

To be familiar with COSHH Techniques.

To act as a member of a COSHH Assessment Team.

To be able to carry out COSHH assessment and Control.

Course Outlines:

Interpretation of the COSSH regulation

Substances hazardous to health

Asphyxiants

Biological Agents

Carcinogens and Mutagens

Prohibitions relating to certain substances

Assessing of the risk to health created by work involving substances hazardous to

health.

The COSHH risk assessment

Step by step guide to COSHH assessment

Assessment of the risks from biological agents

Recording the significant findings

Labels and Material Safety Data Sheets

Monitoring exposures

Health surveillance

Preventing and controlling exposures

Certificates:

Participants who pass the final exam will receive a successfully completion certificate

from The National Training Services - UK.

A local certificate will be issued from our training center (EHS – Academy).

EHS – Academy (Cairo – Egypt) was established in April 2010 and EHS – Training Centre (Dubai – UAE) was established in June 2011 as an Occupational Safety & Health Training and Consultant Companies.

The founder and owner of EHS – Academy and EHS – Training Centre, Mr. Wagdi Fouad Seffain has conducted since 1981 thousands of International and National Safety & Health Training CTheirses in Egypt and the Middle East, and more than 20,000 persons attended these cTheirses.